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From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.

From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.

From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.

— Psalms 113:3 KJV —

Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?

Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?

Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?

– MHP (1980_0822) –

(From my song Sunset,
© 1980 Mark H. Peterson,
All Rights Reserved,
not Creative Commons)

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Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.

Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.

No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.

Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.

Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.

Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.

No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.

Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.

Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.

Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.

No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.

Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.

Please also enjoy a video I created using many of the sunset and moon shots I took while living in Norway, synchronized to Ola Gjeilo’s choral work Evening Prayer as performed by the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale (GEWC) on 2015_0508. (I sang in this choir as part of this recording.)

The song is based on a prayer by St. Augustine (354-430). The text, provided in full both in the credits at the end of the video and in comments at the YouTube link, asks the Lord to watch over all who wake, watch, or weep tonight, and over all who are weary, dying, suffering, afflicted, or joyous. The beauty of this prayer combines with the beauty of the music and images to take the viewer, both musically and visually, from a solitary moon over a darkened mountain to a blazing sunset shining through the clouds as though the Lord Himself were appearing in His glory. (Make sure to watch the entire video!)
Ola Gjeilo
(Home)
Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale
(Home)
Evening Prayer
(YouTube)

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Black and blue are beautiful (Near Mestervik, Norway)

ID: D19262

2009_0903 18:43

Black and blue are beautiful
(Near Mestervik, Norway)

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Black and blue are beautiful 2 (Near Mestervik, Norway)

ID: D19267

2009_0903 18:44

Black and blue are beautiful 2
(Near Mestervik, Norway)

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Fiery mirror sunset over Leirtinden (From near Skutvik, Norway)

ID: D19371

2009_1012 16:11

Fiery mirror sunset over Leirtinden
(From near Skutvik, Norway)

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Pastel Christmas sunset at 12:25pm (From Mortenhals, Norway)

ID: D19672

2009_1225 12:25

Pastel Christmas sunset at 12:25pm
(From Mortenhals, Norway)

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Pastel Christmas sunset at 12:26pm (From Mortenhals, Norway)

ID: D19673

2009_1225 12:26

Pastel Christmas sunset at 12:26pm
(From Mortenhals, Norway)

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Amber end-of-year sunset with sea fog (From Mortenhals, Norway)

ID: D19690

2009_1231 12:25

Amber end-of-year sunset with sea fog
(From Mortenhals, Norway)

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Sunset over Leirtinden lights the world (From Sand, Norway)

ID: D20265

2010_0220 13:59

Sunset over Leirtinden lights the world
(From Sand, Norway)

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Impressionist sunset art between peaks (From near Litjevatnet, Norway)

ID: D20277

2010_0223 15:56

Impressionist sunset art between peaks
(From near Litjevatnet, Norway)

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Low clouds over fjord in pastel sunset (From Sandsvika, Norway)

ID: D20784

2010_0421 22:34

Low clouds over fjord in pastel sunset
(From Sandsvika, Norway)

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Brilliant lobster-spaceship sunset (From near Josefvatnet, Norway)

ID: D20854

2010_0430 18:45

Brilliant lobster-spaceship sunset
(From near Josefvatnet, Norway)

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Lavafire sunset over Fugltinden (wide) (From Bergneset, Norway)

ID: D20883

2010_0505 21:47

Lavafire sunset over Fugltinden (wide)
(From Bergneset, Norway)

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Lavafire sunset over Fugltinden (zoom) (From Bergneset, Norway)

ID: D20909

2010_0505 21:51

Lavafire sunset over Fugltinden (zoom)
(From Bergneset, Norway)

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